MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently reported that Mousasi was expected to be part of the Chicago-area card, and the M-1 fighter today confirmed his participation with M-1global.com.

No opponent has been named for the fighter.

Strikeforce executive Mike Afromowitz recently told MMAjunkie.com that the organization hoped to secure Mousasi for the card but that nothing was official. The M-1global.com article suggests possible opponents for Mousasi include Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (who easily defeated Bob Sapp at DREAM.11 on Tuesday) and former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho, who’s openly campaigned for the fight.

The Nov. 7 Strikeforce event, “Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers,” takes place at the 11,000-seat Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., and features a headliner between Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers. The broadcast kicks off a multi-event deal between Strikeforce and CBS, which previously aired EliteXC shows before the company’s 2008 demise.

As MMAjunkie.com has reported in recent weeks, Strikeforce’s CBS debut will also feature a middleweight title fight between contenders Jake Shields and Jason “Mayhem” Miller. Fabricio Werdum, Antonio Silva and Bobby Lashley are also possibles for the televised portion of the card.

Mousasi returns to Strikeforce for the first time since his 60-second destruction of then-champ Sobral in August. A few weeks later, Mousasi took part in an exhibition sparring match at “M-1: Breakthrough.” However, an injury (possibly from the exhibition match) forced Mousasi out of DREAM’s open-weight “Super Hulk” tournament. Mousasi defeated Mark Hunt in the opening round but was forced out of a semifinal fight with at Sokoudjou at DREAM.11. (Sapp took Mousasi’s spot and suffered a first-round TKO loss.)

One of the top breakout fighters in recent years, Mousasi enters the Nov. 7 bout with a 13-fight win streak, which included winning DREAM’s middleweight grand prix in 2008.

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